#55167D#55167D

#55167D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.161 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55167D
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 82.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 45.87, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 64.20, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0986 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.161 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7341, 3.9859, 19.7600)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55167D #3E7D16

analogous

#22167D #55167D #7D1672

triadic

#55167D #7D5516 #167D55

tetradic

#55167D #7D2216 #3E7D16 #16727D

square

#55167D #7D2216 #3E7D16 #16727D

split-complementary

#55167D #727D16 #167D22

monochromatic

#12051A #320D49 #55167D #781FB1 #9A32DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#55167D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#55167D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55167D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55167D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55167D	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55167d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.161 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5ca3',
    500: '#55167d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55167d;
$custom-light: #8a5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55167d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.699,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36246,
    "c": 0.16137,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55167D

secondary

#6AB23D

accent

#ED3B80

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55167D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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